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flight
noun
verb
the act of escaping physically
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- F
- Ends with
- T
- Contains
- LIGH
- Scrabble score
- 13
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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Meaning
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noun
the act of escaping physically
“he made his escape from the mental hospital”
noun
a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
“I took the noon flight to Chicago”
noun
an instance of traveling by air
“flying was still an exciting adventure for him”
noun
a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
noun
passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
“a flight of fancy”
noun
an air force unit smaller than a squadron
noun
a formation of aircraft in flight
noun
a flock of flying birds
noun
the path followed by an object moving through space
verb
decorate with feathers
“fledge an arrow”
verb
fly in a flock
“flighting wild geese”
verb
shoot a bird in flight
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Example Sentences
he made his escape from the mental hospital
the canary escaped from its cage
his flight was an indication of his guilt
I took the noon flight to Chicago
flying was still an exciting adventure for him
a flight of fancy
flights of rhetoric
flights of imagination
fledge an arrow
flighting wild geese
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